RONDO IN C MAJOR, VARIATIONS IN D MAJOR
FOR TWO PIANOS, FOUR HANDS
COMPOSER: FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

CHOPIN NATIONAL EDITION
SERIES: PWM
PUBLISHER: PWM EDITION
EDITORS: JAN EKIER, PAWEL KAMINSKI

DESCRIPTION:
-THE RONDO IN C MAJOR FOR TWO PIANOS WAS COMPOSED IN 1828. THE VARIATIONS IN D MAJOR ON AN IRISH NATIONAL AIR FROM THOMAS MOORE WAS COMPOSED IN 1826.

THE NATIONAL EDITION OF THE WORKS OF FRYDERYK CHOPIN

PUBLISHED BY PWM

CO-EDITORS

JAN EKIER AND PAWEL KAMINSKI

-THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL EDITION IS TO PRESENT CHOPIN`S COMPLETE OUTPUT IN ITS AUTHENTIC FORM, BASED ON THE ENTIRE BODY OF AVAILABLE SOURCES. SOURCES WERE ANALYZED WITH UP-TO-DATE SCIENTIFIC AND MUSICOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY.

-THE NATIONAL EDITION WAS BASED ON SOURCES ORIGINATED FROM THE COMPOSER, MAINLY AUTOGRAPHS, COPIES OF AUTOGRAPHS AND FIRST EDITIONS WITH THE COMPOSER`S CORRECTIONS, AND PUPILS` COPIES WITH CHOPIN`S ANNOTATIONS. IN CASES WHEN ORIGINAL SOURCES WERE LACKING, THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE MATERIALS WERE USED. COLLECTING THE SOURCE MATERIALS WAS A LABORIOUS TASK WHICH TOOK YEARS OF EFFORT.

-THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOURCES, THE LINKS AND DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THEM AS WELL AS THE REASONS FOR PARTICULAR EDITORIAL DECISIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE SOURCE COMMENTARY IN EACH VOLUME.

-THE PERFORMANCE COMMENTARY APPENDED TO EACH VOLUME INCLUDES: THE REALIZATION OF ORNAMENTS, COMMENTS ON PEDAL MARKINGS (THE ORIGINAL MARKINGS SOMETIMES ARE INADEQUATE, DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE IN SOUND BETWEEN PIANOS USED IN CHOPIN`S TIMES AND MODERN PIANOS), SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE “HARMONIC LEGATO” (A PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUE OFTEN USED BY CHOPIN AND NOW FORGOTTEN).